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WESTPORT, Conn.  A 21-year-old man was seriously injured in Westport after he was struck by a boat propeller and another man was charged with drunken boating in the accident, police said.

At approximately 5:25 p.m. Saturday, police received a call from a passenger on a vessel en route to Compo Beach that another passenger had been hit by one of the boats propellers, Lt. John Pitoniak said in a release.

The Westport Police Marine Division met the vessel at the Ned Dimes Marina and the victim, an unidentified male, was treated by Westport EMS. He transported to Norwalk Hospital with serious injuries to his lower extremities, Pitoniak said.

The operator of the vessel at the time of the accident, 21-year-old Cyrus Hussein Fardoust of Rockville, Md., was arrested and charged with reckless operation of a vessel while under the influence. He was being held on a $10,000 bond, Pitoniak said.

The vessel, a 26-foot Sea Ray Sun Deck, is registered out of Westport. The accident was being investigated by the Westport Marine Division.